Habitat specificity of mites on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 612-625

  Barendse, J ^a   Mercer, R D ^a   Marshall, D J ^a,b   Chown, S L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acari; Azorella selago; Community structure; Glaciation; Habitat specificity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GLACIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MITE; RECOLONIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; MARION ISLAND;

ACARI; AZORELLA; AZORELLA SELAGO; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SELAGO; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036706240     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.4.612     Document Type: Article

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